A feeling of intense hatred, disgust, or intense dislike toward something you find morally or physically repulsive.
From Latin abhorrentis, present participle of abhorrere. The suffix -ence creates an abstract noun denoting the state or quality of feeling extreme revulsion, and the word became common in English during the 16th century.
Abhorrence is one of the strongest emotion-words in English—it implies not just dislike but a kind of moral horror, which is why people use it for things they consider deeply wrong rather than merely inconvenient.
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